Mika Singh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mika Singh 

• Does Mika Singh smoke?: No

• Does Mika Singh drink alcohol?: Yes

• Mika was born into a family with a musical background.

  

• His father, who was a Gurbani singer, sold his property in Punjab and relocated to Patna before his birth.

• He was brought up in Patna, Bihar and Patiala, Punjab along with his 6 brothers.

• He began to play the Tabla at the young age of 8, learned harmonium at the age of 12 and ended up taking guitar lessons after two years. Initially, he wanted to become a music director.

• He started his career as a Kirtan (religious) singer.

• He dedicated a self-composed Patriotic song (Vande Mataram) to Mother India at an exclusive show for Indian Army.

• Mika has an NGO ‘Divine Touch’, inspired by his mother as she always wanted him to help others.

• He composed the song “Dar Di Rabb Rabb Kardi” for his brother, Daler Mehandi and it was a huge hit.

• Singh wanted to establish himself as a singer so he started visiting various recording studios but he got rejected every time because of his unconventional voice. He, then, decided to launch his own music album.

• Mika’s debut song “Saawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag” was a huge hit and made him an overnight star.

• He has lent his voice to many hit Bollywood film songs including “Mauja Hi Mauja,” “Singh Is Kinng,” “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!,” “Dil Bole Hadippa,” “Jugni,” “Dhink Chika,” and “Gandi Baat.”

• Singh has also sung many songs in Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, and Kannada.

• He is the first singer to have lent one voice to five actors in a song.

• He is a fan of Badshah‘s Rapping.

• Mika has also tried his acting skills in Punjabi films like “Mitti, “Wrath Kapoor,” “Loot,” and “Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya.”

• He is close friends with singer and rapper Honey Singh, recently he gifted a Harley Davidson bike worth Rs. 14 lakh to him for singing a song for his album.

  

• Mika once said during an interview that he could have sung the “Channa Mereya” song better than Arijit.

• His entry in Punjab University, Chandigarh is banned since 2009 after he passed dirty comments at a girl during his show in the campus fest.

• He is affectionate towards animals and has 18 pet dogs, 2 camels, and 2 horses.

  

• In April 2020, he shared a post on his social media accounts in which he was seen along with actress Chahatt Khanna. The post went viral and speculations that Mika Singh was in a relationship with Chahatt Khanna started doing rounds on social media. However, the actress cleared the buzz and said that it was all for the promotion for their single titled “Quarantine Love.” ^[5]Hindustan Times

  

• On 11 June 2021, Mika Singh released a diss track against KRK titled KRK Kutta (KRK is a dog). Later, KRK replied with a video titled “Mika Suwar Singer.” The duo exchanged these videos after Mika Singh slammed KRK and sided with Salman Khan.

• In March 2022, he confirmed that he will appear on Star Bharat’s reality show Swayamvar – Mika Di Vohti through which he would try to find his life partner. ^[6]Hindustan Times